In hmolscience, Luther Bernard (1881-1951) was an American sociologist noted for his 1911 critique of extreme positivism, of the Leon Winiarski kind.
Overview
In 1911, Bernard, in his “Theories of the End of Activity” section, to his PhD dissertation The Transition to an Objective Standard of Social Control, gives a critical history of positivism, from Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau, Lester Ward, Leon Winiarski, Albion Small, among others.
In 1932, Bernard was president (Ѻ) of the American Sociological Association; thereby following in the footsteps of those including: Howard W. Odum (1930), Charles Cooley (1918), Albion Small (1912-13), William Sumner (1908-09), and Lester Ward (1906-07).
Quotes
The following are example quotes:
“Winiarski has gone to the metaphysically ridiculous in attempting to establish an identity between biologic energy and feeling consciousness, thus reducing ‘egoism’ and ‘altruism’ to actual social forces, akin to the physical forces, which will enable us to formulate an exact science of sociology.”
— Luther Bernard (1911), “Theories of End of Activity” [1]
References
1. Bernard, Luther. (1911). The Transition to an Objective Standard of Social Control (§4: Theories of the End of Activity, pgs. 44-64; §5: Theories of the End of Activity: Criticism, pgs. 65-77; Winiarski, pgs. 59-60). PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago Press.
External links
● Luther Lee Bernard (German → English) – Wikipedia.
